Is $1,000 Enough?
ConnTech (sufflib@tiac.net)
Fri, 20 Jun 1997 22:40:59 -0400
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 22:40:59 -0400
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From: ConnTech <sufflib@tiac.net>
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Subject: Is $1,000 Enough?
>From E!Online---
Apparently, even TV stars have to answer to librarians when it comes to
missing books. Just ask Rosie O'Donnell. The daytime talk show diva and
triumphant Tony host paid a hefty fine for desecrating, then losing, a
sacred book from the BETHEL, CONNECTICUT, Public Library.
The rare tome? The library's only copy of Meg Ryan's high school yearbook.
Rosie had borrowed the book to surprise Ryan when she appeared on Rosie's
show last month. It turns out Ryan misplaced her Bethel High senior
yearbook (circa 1979) somewhere along the line. "Meg was so excited because
she lost hers," a spokeswoman for O'Donnell's show said. "And Rosie said,
'Sure, take it.' How could she say no?"
But that wasn't all. In a move that pained librarians nationwide, Rosie
actually ripped out the page with Ryan's picture--she went by Margaret
"Peggy" Hyra back then--and handed it to the grinning actress.
The show's spokeswoman said Rosie did not know the yearbook was the
library's only copy. The yearbook has become a collector's item, fetching
between $100 and $300.
Rosie has made amends, however. She donated $1,000 to the library after
mangling the book.
>From E!Online: Entertainment's Home Page
by Marcus Errico
http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,1279,00.html